PhD, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Doctorate in Comparative Literature
RESEARCH INTERESTS
storytelling, genetic genealogy and family stories, critical media studies, digital archives, AI assisted life writing
cultural studies, immigrant story archives, world literature
memory and collective memory
autobiography and biography, memoirs, blogs, video narratives, life writing
world literature, English/American, French, German, and Eastern European literatures and memory cultures
phenomenological hermeneutics, Dilthey, Ricoeur, Nancy
TEACHING
Full Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
CHAIR
Dept. of World Languages and Cultures
DIRECTOR
Global and Regional Studies
DIRECTOR
Honors Program: develops and manages program (~250 students) that cultivates excellence among high-achieving students
BOARD MEMBER/CHAIR/PRESIDENT
Global and Regional Studies, SMC
World Languages and Cultures, SMC
President, American Hungarian Educators Association
Delegate, MLA Assembly
READER and BOARD MEMBER
various scholarly journals
VOLUNTEER
teaching literacy skills in public schools for underserved children